Five Years After Our Divorce, I Ran Into My Ex-Husband at My Cousin’s Wedding—with the Woman He Left Me For Standing Beside Him. He Smirked and Said, “Leaving You Was the Smartest Decision I Ever Made.”

as though that place had belonged to her forever.

I already knew they would be at the wedding.

What surprised me was that Drew walked directly toward me.

“Well,” he said. “This is unexpected.”

I smiled politely.

“Hello, Drew.”

His eyes traveled over my burgundy dress and the small clutch in my hand.

Then came that familiar smile.

The same one that used to make me feel like I was being graded.

“You look… good, Maren.”

The pause before “good” said everything.

Vanessa smiled beside him.

“It’s been forever.”

“Five